December 2020 - Page 11 Of 15 - Worthy Christian News

Polls show Sa’ar at 15-18 seats, remaking map and possibly unseating Netanyahu

December 10, 2020

A day after he announced his departure from Likud and the formation of a new political party to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the country’s leadership, Gideon Sa’ar was off to an extraordinarily strong start Wednesday. Polls on Israel’s three major news networks forecast his nascent New Hope party getting between 15 and 18 seats if the country goes to elections — shaking up the political landscape and introducing several potential paths to coalitions that do not include Netanyahu, while seriously narrowing the premier’s path to leading the next government.

New parts of Herod’s palace unveiled, including 300-seat personal theater

December 10, 2020

Israeli authorities are set to unveil previously off-limits structures within King Herod’s palace-fortress Herodium, which the tyrannical Roman-era leader interred as his enormous burial plot.

POLL: Less than half of Americans set to take a COVID-19 vaccine

December 10, 2020

A new poll finds that only about half of Americans are all in for taking a COVID-19 shot once a vaccine is approved.

YouTube to remove videos challenging 2020 election, but ‘Russia collusion’ videos left uncensored

December 10, 2020

Tech giant and Internet video pioneer YouTube this week announced that it will begin to remove videos challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election, a policy it plans to enforce even as numerous videos remain up challenging the outcome of the 2016 election in which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

UK, Canada Sign Trade Agreement

December 10, 2020

The United Kingdom on Wednesday signed a trade agreement with Canada, days before the end of the Brexit transition period, removing the risk of an estimated £42 million ($56.15 million) tariff burden on UK exports.

‘A Direct Threat to Christian Education’: LGBT Activist Group Calls for Biden to Target Christian Schools

December 10, 2020

A prominent LGBT rights group is trying to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden and his presumptive administration to adopt guidelines that could lead to the closing of private Christian colleges and universities.

Pro-Life Researchers Find Majority of ‘Operation Warp Speed’ Vaccines Not Produced with Abortion-Derived Cells

December 10, 2020

A pro-life research and education organization has published a new chart detailing whether the eight leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates supported by President Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” are produced or tested using cells derived from abortions.

Ministers approve draft of bill to enable adoption by same sex couples

December 10, 2020

Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli on Wednesday approved the draft of a bill that will change a decades-old law permitting adoption only for heterosexual couples and allow same-sex couples to be equally eligible.

Knesset dispersal bill advances with March 16 election date

December 10, 2020

The Knesset House Committee decided on Wednesday by a ten-to-seven vote to advance the Knesset dispersal bill.

UN Chief urges Iran to stop violating nuclear deal

December 9, 2020

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is trying to persuade Iran to resume its obligations under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear arms deal, the Times of Israel reports. In a report to the Security Council published Tuesday, Antonio Guterres called on Iran to address concerns about its decision last year to begin, among other violations, the enrichment of uranium beyond the agreed limits.

Lung specialist tells Senate committee that Ivermectin anti-parasite medicine is “wonder drug” for COVID-19

December 9, 2020

A lung specialist at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee has pleaded with a Senate committee to review his study of an anti-parasite drug which he says has produced dramatically positive results in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, CNS News reports.

Judge directs stinging rebuke at LA County for outdoor dining ban

December 9, 2020

A Superior Court judge has said it is “just shocking” that LA County had not “seriously” considered the impact of outdoor dining on the COVID-19 pandemic before banning it indefinitely on November 25, the LA Times reports. Restricting the ban to just three weeks, LA County Superior Court Judge James Chalfant ruled Tuesday that county officials must carry out a risk-benefit analysis if they want to extend the order beyond December 16.

Texas files lawsuit directly to Supreme Court challenging election results in four states

December 9, 2020

In a novel legal strike, the state of Texas has asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, arguing officials in those four battleground states violated the Constitution by making changes to how ballots were cast and counted without legislative approval.

Gideon Sa’ar quits Likud, ‘a tool for Netanyahu’s interests,’ to lead ‘New Hope’

December 8, 2020

Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar, long seen as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival within Likud, on Tuesday announced he was quitting Likud and will form his own right-wing party, to be called “New Hope,” and run for the premiership in the next election.

House overwhelmingly approves defense bill over Trump veto threat

December 8, 2020

The House voted overwhelmingly to pass a critical defense bill that President Trump has threatened to veto because it lacks new language that would punish social media firms.

In newly surfaced July interview, Fauci warns that widely used COVID tests may pick up ‘dead’ virus

December 8, 2020

In a newly resurfaced video from July, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared to acknowledge that large numbers of positive COVID-19 cases may arise from oversensitive tests that pick up mere fragments of the virus rather than active, viable infections.

Trump signs order prioritizing US in coronavirus vaccine distribution

December 8, 2020

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at prioritizing shipment of the coronavirus vaccine to Americans over other countries as the United States inches closer to authorizing the first shots.

British Grandmother First Person To Receive COVID-19 Jab

December 8, 2020

A British grandmother has become the world’s first person to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 injection as part of a controversial global vaccination program.

Nigeria added to US blacklist of countries which allow religious freedom violations

December 8, 2020

The United States added Nigeria to a blacklist of countries that violate religious liberties Monday, DW reports. Joining Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and China, Nigeria is now listed as a country “of concern” “under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.”

Swiss court pauses ban on religious services in Geneva

December 8, 2020

Switzerland’s Constitutional Chamber has ordered the suspension of a COVID-19 ban on religious gatherings in the Canton of Geneva, enabling churches in the region to resume in-person services again, Christian Post reports. The court will make a final ruling on the ban in due course but has reportedly indicated that the likelihood it will permanently strike down the ban is “high.”